Chassity TS 7 w/Nikita

Date/Time/Location: Thursday, 30 June at 5:00am AEST (Zoom)

Student: Nikita Popov


My sessions with Nikita are the most laidback of all!  Nikita was very engaged throughout the session and successfully completed his “fieldwork exercise” which was to provide a writing sample to discuss in preparation for this session.

I was delighted that he allowed me the opportunity to constructively critique his essay…speaks volumes!  One of the areas that was a challenge to Nikita’s writing skills was “connecting the dots” (idiom plug) with respect to, the proper use of transitions and the necessary punctuation associated with dependent/transitional clauses.

Overall, I decided to leverage the ESA model (Engage, Study, Activate) along with a few scaffolding exercises as we discussed the writing sample.  Nikita quickly grasped the grammar concepts, demonstrated synthesis/application of the concepts while rewriting his essay, and provided great feedback on the session.  I am looking forward to Nikita sharing the resubmission feedback from his Professor.


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